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Telegram Road

The easy way to build mobile apps

Welcome!

Telegram Road is a platform for the development of chatbots, i.e. interactive applications in which the user chats with a server (a bot) through a messaging application, usually on a smartphone. The messaging application is Telegram, a wide-spread app available on many platforms.

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First of all you need paper and pencil. On a sheet, you can sketch the questions, drawn as boxes (or "balls") which are connected through arcs , representing answers, and leading to other boxes.

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The next step is translating it on a bot on Telegram. You need to have Telegram on your own mobile device, or on your PC (desktop). In either case, the address to visit is :http://telegram.org/dl

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After Telegram installation, you will search for a particular bot, called BotFather, which acts as a "host" for creation of new bots. The creation of a new bot, as well as all other Telegram functions, is free of charge.

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At this point the App is ready to be released on a desktop or tablet platform (via web), and possibly undergo a debug phase. For instance, this is how our chatbot questions set might be available to the manager

I can't understand the difference between Telegram and Telegram Road

Telegram Road offers the user applications (chatbots) which are perceived by the user as Telegram bots. Telegram is actually the only thing to be installed on the telephone (or computer). That's a cornerstone of the Telegram Road approach, opposite to the spread of dedicated apps, which lead to clogging of smartphones due to their hunger of hardware resources.
On the Telegram Road service, chatbots run on the Telegram Road server, but are seen by the end user through Telegram, running on his/her own smartphone or desktop, with no difference.

What is Telegram Road for?

Telegram Road offers companies, agencies or associations the possibility to automate the interaction with their customers/users, leveraging a well-known technology (messaging on a smartphone) and leaving great freedom in the building of their own application (the "app").

What kind of applications fit Telegram Road?

All applications reflecting a cascading of question/answers, even complex. These are typically static applications, whose structure (the graph) does not change, but the variable part is the way the end user can cross the graph. Typical applications can be:
• skill tests
• surveys
• troubleshooting to support diagnostic on devices, appliances , machines, ...
and much more.

Another class of applications suitable to Telegram Road implementation are dynamic applications, for which the behaviour depends on data which are specific for the running user/session.
Examples of dynamic applications might be:
• databases
• agendas
• "decision support systems" , expert systems based on user's experience

Monthdays (@Monthdays_bot)

demo giving the number of days of a month, considering bissextile years

ClassSurvey (@EsameGuidabot)

survey to gather preferences for a new IT course

TRoadClip (@TRoadClip_bot)

clipboard to enter memos to find out quickly

Telegram Tour (@TRoadGeo_bot)

shows monuments and touristic info around you. Geolocalized!

Telegram Poll (@TRoadpoll_bot)

Telegram Poll allows to build open and closed surveys. The user is allowed to add options which are forwarded to the survey manager. Partial results are graphically available in real time.

Telegram Park (@troadbuzz_bot)

Telegram Park allows to pay a toll for parking , deducting the fare from a pre-paid purse. Again with Telegram Park the control staff can check the status of parked vehicles.

Telegram Cine (@TRoadCine_bot)

Telegram Cine shows the program of a movie or theatre hall, and allows a user to buy tickets. The e-commerce side is based on the provider Stripe.

Comesifa (@Troadtroubles_bot)

Comesifa leads the user through a sequence of questions and answers to help him solving ordinary life problems.

Telegram Pay (@Troadpay_bot)

Telegram Pay implements a generic process of payment between a customer and a seller. There are no constraints about the kind of the goods being sold. Telegram Pay addresses therefore a broad range of users, such as : • professionals • craftsmen • SME with retail selling and anyone having VAT number who need to emit invoices to their customers after service provisioning.

Telegram Store (@TRStore_bot)

Telegram Store is a bot conceived to maintain and query a store , through a simple and ubiquitous tool like a smartphone. The store may contain different sort of objects, but is chiefly oriented towards books, CD, DVD, and anything may carry a label .

Albisola Superiore, Province of Savona, Italy

User Guide : Introduction to Telegram Road features, from end user perspective (ENG) : UserGuide.pdf

Manager Manual : Management instructions (techie) (ENG) : register

Guida Utente - Introduzione a Telegram Road, dal lato utente (ITA) : GuidaUtente.pdf

Manuale di Amministrazione - Istruzioni di amministratore (tecnico) (ITA) : registrati

Telegram channel : The official Telegram Road channel : https://t.me/troadchannel

Telegram Group : The Telegram Group to share all about Telegram Road : https://t.me/troadgroup

Tutorials

Comesifa – Presentazione (ITA) comesifa_1.pdf
Comesifa – Navigazione (ITA) comesifa_2.pdf
Comesifa – Espansione (ITA) comesifa_3.pdf
Telegram Road – La famiglia dei bot (ITA)TelegramRoad_4.pdf
Telegram Road – Creazione di un bot (ITA) TelegramRoad_5.pdf
Telegram Poll – I sondaggi con Telegram Road (ITA) Poll_6.pdf
Telegram Park – Parcheggiare con Telegram Road (ITA) Park_7.pdf
Telegram Cine - gestione di una biglietteria (ITA) Cine_8.pdf
Telegram Tour – Una passeggiata con Telegram Road (ITA) Tour_9.pdf
Telegram Pay - Pagare con Telegram (ITA) Pay_10.pdf
Telegram Store - Come riordinare un magazzino (ITA) Store_11.pdf
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